Miami high school student linked to multiple car burglaries on Treasure Coast

MARTIN COUNTY — Miami High School student Tyrone Izard said he only wanted some spending money, according to his arrest affidavits.

He carried his black hoodie and backpack containing a flashlight and window-breaking tool. The 18-year-old was joined by an acquaintance, who hasn't been charged with a crime, who wanted money for school clothes, reports show.

Next stop 110 miles away: multiple car burglaries of residential areas in Martin and St. Lucie counties, according to the affidavits.

Objective: Cash and things to sell.

Early Friday morning the Martin County Sheriff's Office starting getting calls about two men hiding in backyards and jumping fences in the area of Southwest Islesworth Circle off Martin Highway in Palm City.

A sheriff's helicopter spotted the pair and they were taken into custody at 7:39 a.m. Friday.

Now Izard is being held without bail in the Martin County Jail in relation to eight car break-in cases, all on Southwest Islesworth Circle. He is charged with multiple offenses of burglary of vehicles and possession of burglary tools.

He admitted to committing burglaries in St. Lucie and Martin counties the same night, according to the affidavit.

Port St. Lucie police detectives are working on matching up items in Izard's and his accomplice's backpacks with what was taken from 12 cars in the city, said police spokesman Master Sgt. Frank Sabol. All the Port St. Lucie burglaries were in the 10000 block of Southwest Elsinore Drive, he said.

The sheriff's report indicate Izard had traveled from Miami to West Palm Beach and deputies quoted him as saying he thought he was in West Palm Beach at the time of the break-ins.

His accomplice told another version: In Miramar he was picked up by Izard and another male. The accomplice understood they were going north to "get some bread," slang for breaking into cars.

According to the affidavits, they broke into vehicles in Port St. Lucie and then stole a car they took to Palm City.

In the area of Southwest Islesworth Circle investigators found two stolen cars: a Lincoln from Palm Beach County and a Toyota from St. Lucie County.

The sheriff's investigation continues.

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